Soon a little settlement sprang up as other settlers moved in; with a blacksmith shop, tannery and school house.

Families by the names of Ayers, Spencer, Ransom, Spofford, Lamberson, Brockett and Rundell soon followed and settled the adjoining lands which they cleared for farms.

In 1881 the citizens unanimously petitioned the authorities at Washington to change the name of the place from "Brockett's Bridge" to "Dolgeville".

[3] The village changed its name to Dolgeville because of the economic growth promoted by Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), a pioneering and benevolent industrialist.

The Daniel Green shoe company partnered with Dolge after finding that the factory's piano felt was also well-suited for slippers.

[7] Lyndon Lyon, who lived in Dolgeville until his death in 1999, developed about 800 hybrid varieties of African violet and helped popularize its use as a houseplant.

[10][11] In 1965, a caver named James G. Mitchell became trapped under a waterfall while exploring a cave near Dolgeville.

Mitchell's entrapment and death became a national news story and raised awareness among cavers of the risk of hypothermia.

[12][13] In late 2014, Alfred Dolge's 1895 mansion, which stood behind the historic factory complex, was destroyed by fire.

1 Building, Dolge Company Factory Complex, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[15] The Beaversprite nature preserve is partially in the Fulton County portion of Dolgeville.

[2] The main part of the village is in the northeastern corner of the town of Manheim, on the west side of East Canada Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of the Mohawk River.

The small portion in Fulton County is served by stations in the Albany market and The Leader Herald in Gloversville.